//Plans

I’ve heard it said that the best way to make God laugh is to tell Him your plans. Now in my life-plan there was a part that many people have in their plan, the part called “Graduate University//Get Married”. I like to think that when I first made this plan God must’ve had a good chuckle about it because as close as I am to finishing the first part of that plan, I am still quite far removed from the second part.

Over the past few months, and years, it seems that more and more people I know have been completing both parts of this goal (including my 2 older sisters...). And many of those who are in the same situation as I am are getting a little concerned. Luckily for me, I don’t really share their feeling of pressure to wed any time soon. As a Johnny Cash song puts it so eloquently:

“I have been a rover

I have walked alone

Hiked a hundred highways

Never found a home

Still in all I'm happy

The reason is, you see

Once in a while along the way

Love's been good to me”

True, I have never been in a serious relationship. But throughout my life I have been loved. Even if sometimes these feelings were fleeting, it is still something I hold in my heart. I know that for a moment in time, no matter how brief, someone loved me. And I have been blessed to have people in my life who will always love me no matter what, and that is plenty for me for now.

So as I continue to make plans for my life I have decided to omit the part of the plan that is called “Get Married.” Not because I don’t ever want to, but because it is something I cannot plan the timing of. When it happens, it happens, and until then there are a great deal of things to keep me going. And to be honest, God is a lot better at planning my life than I am so I'm putting the cards in His hands on this one.

My Wish for You this Year

I hope you experience things that challenge you this year.

Things that make you uncomfortable with how things are and make you strive for change.

My wish is that you also see things in this world that give you hope, things that keep you reaching for that better and brighter future.

This year, I hope that you seek to learn more about yourself.

That you try to change the things you don’t like and strive to be who you want to be.

But in that, I hope that you are also able to find acceptance of who you are now.

I hope that you meet new and exciting people to help make this journey of life more enjoyable.

I hope that you have the strength and wisdom to let go of the relationships that are weighing you down or holding you back.

That you realize who the people are in your life that really push you and help you to grow, and that you find ways to show them how much they mean to you.

I hope that this year is one in which the good will outweigh the bad. A year you will one day look back on as a good year. A year that was different somehow.

Many blessings and well wishes to you from me as you start your grand adventure of the year 2013.